living death
Example Sentences
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Although some elements of the person are still detectable, the sense of loss is ongoing, like witnessing a living death.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
She says for people with loved ones inside a cult, "it's like a living death" - partly because attempts to criticise the group often backfire, leaving them unsure how to act.
From BBC ● Apr. 4, 2023
Some people think comas are easy to recover from or—conversely—a living death.
From Scientific American ● Oct. 21, 2022
“In the end I realize there is the possibility facing three life sentences, which could become a living death for me,” wrote Hernández, who left office in January at the conclusion of his second term.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 1, 2022
They were afraid of the living death that awaited them in the rice fields, on the great cotton plantations, the sugar plantations, in the deep South—and so ran away.
From "Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad" by Ann Petry
